Author: Firda

I don’t wear clever t-shirts because if some stranger said something about the t-shirt I’m wearing and then started talking to me, I wouldn’t know what to say. I’m not much of a conversationalist. Troy, on the other hand, loves his clever t-shirts. Coincidentally (no, really), he just wrote an entry about it at his…… Continue reading I Spew Random Crap

If you ever wonder about what a blogger’s birthday was like in the year 2000 or year 4 B.F. (before Facebook), you’ve got to read the entries I posted between April 6 to April 8, 2000. That was the best birthday I ever had in the Bloggerville (that was before it became a Blogosphere). I…… Continue reading Birthday is Happy

Ever since I decided that I want a bicycle for my birthday, I’ve been really obsessed with it. I’ve done quite an extensive research that if you asked me about Canadian bicycle industry, I’d probably be able to give you an executive summary. But I don’t think that would interest you much. Bottom line is,…… Continue reading I Want to Ride My Bicycle

We went to the north shore of Lake Erie this past Saturday, to Port Bruce (quiet and quaint) and then Port Stanley (delightfully tacky). Lake Erie isn’t that far from where we live. In fact, we live only an hour away from two of the Great Lakes of North America. An hour west will get…… Continue reading The Great Lakes of North America

Because I’m feeling mellow and homesick, I’ll make a list of things I wish I’d thought to bring over here with me when I left Indonesia 5 years ago: My good, old blanket that my mum bought me many years ago and that my brother back home said he hadn’t seen for a long time;…… Continue reading Dreams are nothing more than wishes

I did 5 Good Things Friday for the first and last time on December 1, 2006 but I think I’m going to start doing it more often because it’s actually a good blog fodder. Not to mention that it helps me count my blessings. So here goes: There’s a garden festival going on in town.…… Continue reading 5 Good Things Friday

I like winter but I’m really, really looking forward to spring because I can’t wait to start my garden. This house was sold to us in April last year but we couldn’t move in until July and by then it was already a bit too late to start a garden. But this year, I’m going…… Continue reading (Impatiently) Waiting for Spring

Troy already wrote an in-depth report of the Hillside Inside Festival we went to this past Saturday so I’ll just write a short version, mostly because I’m lazy. So here goes, in the order of appearance: The D’Urbervilles. Never heard of them before, but they weren’t horrible and their stage act was entertaining. Great Lake…… Continue reading Hillside Inside 2009

Plinky wanted me to recall when I first started using the Internet regularly. Well, it's got to be 1996. You've probably been online long before that, but keep in mind, it's Indonesia I'm talking about. I signed up for an Internet account after a field trip to an Internet provider for a class in University.…… Continue reading When I started using the Internet